'Tripura’s indigenous people sleep with pigs & eat them,' says BJP's Hossain; criticised

In a video that surfaced online, BJP MLA Tafajjal Hossain made controversial remarks about Tripura's indigenous people. "(TIPRA) Motha party is a party of indigenous people. Since their birth, they sleep with pigs, rear pigs, and eat pigs," Hossain said. TIPRA Motha Party founder Pradyot Debbarma criticised Hossain's remark and stated, "Whether we eat chicken...or pork, it's our taste."